The Clopton Hawks stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They really took it to Van-Far for the full four quarters, racking up a 66-33 victory on the road. Given Clopton's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 82nd, while Van-Far is ranked 415th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Clopton found their leader in underclassman Charleigh Spoonster, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds. Spoonster hasn't dropped below eight assists for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Tinleigh Spoonster, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Van-Far lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Elliott Utterback, who scored ten points along with six rebounds.
Van-Far struggled to work together and finished the game with only three assists. They are winless (0-6) when they just don't pass the ball.
Clopton has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Van-Far, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-18.
Clopton does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Van-Far, they will head out on the road to challenge Louisiana at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Van-Far focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 33 on Thursday.
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